'(A D)ERIV(A) Architecture, Design & Arts Festival

The '(A D)ERIV(A) Architecture, Design & Arts Festival' project, coordinated by DARQ professors Susana Lobo and Pedro Martins Carvalho, was one of those selected under the UP - Higher Education Programme, created by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) to promote and encourage the internationalization of Portuguese higher education institutions.

The project aims to establish an interdisciplinary partnership between DArq-UC and the Pratt Institute in New York. It aims to build mutual knowledge and create synergies to think of sustainable and more inclusive solutions for the territory, with the territory and in the territory, through design as a research tool. This collaborative experience in the municipality of Penacova also aims to raise public awareness of the impact of good design on everyday life and collective well-being, involving local communities in participatory decision-making and self-construction processes.